New to OpenMoko

Barry Steele wrote:
> Hi,
> I just took delivery of a neo1973 (I'm in Australia btw, Sydney).
> I have inserted the microSD and SIM cards and booted the machine up.
>> I get the boot logo and then Linux tries to start but I get the following:
>> "Kernel Panic- not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to
> kernel"
>> While I have a fair bit of Linux experience, I have no idea how to
> connect to the machine or edit files or whatever.
>> I am looking on the Openmoko site, but I would really appreciate any
> advice.
>> I am very excited by this.
>> Stay well,
> Barry
>
The neo does not come with a root filesystem, so you'll have to flash one.
For me, Qtopia images from qtopia.net work great :)
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Lorn 'ljp' Potter
Software Engineer, Systems Group, MES, Trolltech